Somewhere Else

My rooster ran away today

The boys won't let it go

I told them he was thinking

They said, thinking that's a no

Poomi's calling us for breakfast

Grandpa's laughing in his chair

Everybody's got a place here

Mine is somewhere over there

There's a ship out on the water

There's a road beyond this road

My Lou says, what you looking for?

I say, how should I know?

Somewhere else, somewhere else

Somewhere I can meet somebody else

Figure waves and brighter lights

My name on something by tonight

I love you, but I've got to go

There's more than this, I know, I

I'll find the thing I cannot tell

Somewhere else

She had a gun against my head

Now blood was in her eyes

I found some gauze beneath the sea

She watched me the whole time

Hold still, the sea gonna steam

She almost pulled away

I wiped the ashes from her face

There wasn't much to say

We crossed the water slowly

I watched our island disappear

I pictured leaving differently

My Lou should be here

Somewhere else, somewhere else

Somewhere I can be somebody else

Bigger waves and brighter lights

My name on something by tonight

I love you, but I've got to go

It's more than this, I know, I know

I'll find the thing I cannot tell

Somewhere else

I used to make my brother laugh

Now I'm begging, letting go

I'll give you every wave I'll ride

Every name I'll ever know

Just let us see another morning

Let him hear his island ring

Let me sit beside him quietly

Let him call me dumb again

Somewhere else, somewhere else

I went looking for somebody else

Moonies calling, morning light

An empty chair, a book to my side

I spent so long looking out

I never thought to look around

Everything I couldn't tell

Was made in here while I was somewhere